Cardinal nation was robbed by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee.

Even non-obsessed, presumably partial observers from around the country were baffled when the men's basketball team, the defending national champions, wound up with a No. 4 seed and the women, a day later, got a No. 3 seed.

But we're over it and ready to watch the U of L teams enter March Madness, starting tonight when the Louisville men (29-5) take on Manhattan College at 9:50 p.m in Orlando, Fla.